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package org.apache.tika.config;

/**
 * Interface for objects that provide JSON configuration strings.
 * <p>
 * This interface allows JSON configuration to be passed in a type-safe way
 * and works seamlessly with records:
 * <pre>
 * record ConfigHolder(String json) implements JsonConfig {}
 * </pre>
 *
 * @since Apache Tika 4.0
 */
public interface JsonConfig {

    /**
     * Returns the JSON configuration string.
     *
     * @return the JSON configuration
     */
    String json();
}
